#DONT TURN ME DOWNNNN

[freakshowcowboy]

accidentally made my character ace but their autism rizz is too powerful this entire party wants them and im gonna burst into flames

[neverlearnedtoread]

Forging Silver Into Stars

⭐⭐⭐⭐; its genuinely really great to see an author get better and more subtle with their writing and characterization over time

Oh?? 👌😉😏

one of kemmerer's greatest strengths is the robustness of her worldbuilding - not only does emberfall feel distinct from karis luran, in culture and in setting, this alternate universe intersects with the 'real world' without losing its believability. i respect an author with the complexity to write about characters from another world with their own prejudices interacting with characters from the 'real world' without tripping over their own setting

lgbt romance that's sweet, heartfelt, not shortchanged, OR overplayed! in fact i did like all the romances in this story and the range they displayed. i have my favourites but they were all both distinct and at least passably interesting to me

women who get to be complex! i will forever mourn what lia mara could have been (viciously politically savvy with a moral core, usually a male character's archetype from fiction ive consumed) but i did like her interactions with the more cynical callyn

'side character gets a POV in the spinoff' book! i don't feel like it was a cash grab or because the author was too afraid to write something new, the plot AND the narrative voice was distinct from the original trilogy without feeling too removed from its events.

No.. ❌🤢🤮

another character from the original series continues on his era of becoming more annoying since bk1. grey...your character was way more fun when you didn't have as much responsibility. i liked you as an antagonising force / source of tension for tycho in his book but your bullheadedness is really not fun on its own merit. i definitely dont miss the days you were a POV character!

lots of travelling; not something i hate, personally, but it may feel a bit time-consuming to go back and forth like a pingpong ball. the travelling aspect feels enough a part of the narrative for me not to get frustrated by it, but given that only ONE character moves from place to place, while the other two stay in a relatively non-important setting for the most part, it might feel quite jarring to switch POVs

This is a spinoff from a trilogy (Cursebreaker Trilogy by Brigid Kemmerer, starting with A Curse So Dark and Lonely) - pretty unavoidable spoilers for the ending of that trilogy up ahead!

Summary: Some years have passed since Grey was crowned King of Emberfall and married Lia Mara, the Queen of Syhl Shallow. They now live in the Crystal Palace, trying to keep the peace with a populace that despises their king-by-marriage for his magic as much as they despair at their queen for her nonviolent diplomacy. Grey's young friend Tycho has been promoted to King's Courier, ferrying messages both public and secret between the royals to ferret out any rumblings of unrest before it can boil over. On one of his usual trips back and forth between the two kingdoms, he stops by a sleepy little village called Briarlock and meets two locals, Callyn and Jax. Syhl Shallow natives, they have different perspectives on how things have changed since King Grey and Queen Lia Mara took their thrones, and are suspicious and charmed in turns by the young lord in their midst.

Concept: 💭💭💭 I have decidedly mixed feelings about the Cursebreaker Trilogy - like a rollercoaster it took me up (bk1), then downnnn (bk2), then rolled flat (bk3)! So I was pretty cautious about reading this spinoff. Tycho was relatively interesting in the original trilogy, but mostly in relation to Grey, and I...did not leave the original trilogy loving Grey as a character. He got boring when they gave him responsibility.

Execution: 💥💥💥 I don't think what Kemmerer wants to explore with this fantasy world (fantasy politics through a modernist moral lens) is ever going to be what I want to explore, but I can appreciate that she's getting better at showcasing the conflict she wants to build in her stories. Having only non-royal POVs in this story really helped make the story feel more real to me - when you're not one of the big movers and shakers (even Tycho, for all his proximity to power, feels the limit of his influence when they strip him of his rings and Grey refuses to listen to his counsel), you're gonna feel resentment for the Big Guys making the choices. They're the ones holding your lives in their hands, and for all their best intentions, they may not treat you well all the time! I definitely felt like this was her best book I've read yet, because Kemmerer wasn't just telling me the conflict and how it was gonna go - she was able to show it to me through the character's actions and situations.

Personal Enjoyment: ❤❤❤❤ I will be honest, I skimmed Callyn's AND to a lesser extent Jax's POV until the end because I just really wanted to read about Rhen from an outside POV that wasn't Harper's. I would apologise but I promised myself when I started writing these book reviews not to say sorry for stuff I don't regret, and me picking favourites regardless of rational thought falls firmly under that. I did truly come to enjoy the final conflict AND tycho's POV for its own merit, tycho's personality in particular was really fun to see in action, but the middle section where callyn is living her 'maybe-this-shady-guy-isnt-manipulating-me' denial era didn't ever get easy to read.

Favourite Moment: Any Rhen moment but especially that part with him being gentle and sweet with Harper when Tycho first tells him about the tournament idea. Tycho's description of their relationship being quiet and sweet was SO CUTE in general - the idea that Tycho finds Rhen pretty difficult to be around at first, but admits you'd have to be blind not to see he's besotted with Harper - I sigh every time

Favourite Character: I'm a Rhen apologist through and through but Tycho actually went over so well with me in this book. That bit when he rounds on Grey to berate him for not thinking shit through and running off without a plan? SAY IT LOUDERRRRR. I have truly enjoyed seeing Kemmerer grow as a writer and write Tycho with this level of nuance - his eventual realisation that he gets along well with Rhen, despite their history, his cautious but earnest courtship with Jax, even his ever-shifting relationship with the Syhl Shallow royal family both in public and private settings, all of it felt like it fit together and informed Tycho's characterization as a whole without conflicting with any other part of it.

[blueiight]

sam reid has been waiting to be lestat since he could form a coherent thought. he heard he was playing lestat and his dormant chaotic, evil, toxic, bisexual vampire self was awoken like captain america from the ice

LMAOOOO AND I LOVE THAT FOR HIM! he really ate downnnn like words cannot describe how excellent of a lestat he was. cult leader cruise UR DEAD!!! bout time we got a lestat w/ fun w/ flair w/ anger w/ all his whorish crazy ways, and an archaic germanic-french accent its giving 1700s for real. i dont believe in awards but if every actor even npc #45 who said boo turn dat shit off when lestat played the piano in ep2 dont win 5011 rewards im burning down the film industry like im louis burning down the theater ya heard me

[moonchildstyles]

Older h definitely checks how short his girl’s skirt is before they leave for anything :( him sitting on the couch’s arm looking at her being so gentle telling her to twirl for him (to check the back and make sure everything is covered) :(( pulling her into him “mhmm so pretty, baby” kissing her cheeks :( hands slowly falling down to her skirt trying to pull it downnnn :((( “don’t want a jacket?” He asks but she shakes her head in response :( and once he pulls at her skirt a bit he turns her around to look at her back “perfect” patting her bum! And she’s all giggly “now you can see more of my tummy” he kisses her neck “we win some and lose some, don’t we?” Nuzzling their noses together:((( cause they are such babies and her teasing him for being an old man and not understanding fashion trends but he’s busy kissing her :(( <3 and please I can picture them going to someone’s place and they have leather couches and it’s v uncomfy cause when she sits her skirt hikes up and the leather sticks to her thighs so she ends up sitting on Harry’s lap in the corner trying to be polite and not lean into him too much but he’s a pest just keeps whispering in her ears “should always listen to me, yeah? Reckon I know more than you do” squeezing her sides :( 🧸

wait:(((( and its ofc nothing like he's trying to police what she wears and doesn't want her to show her body or whatever I think its def about him just looking out for her and noticing that if her skirts a little short that he'll be watching the make sure she doesn't flash anyone her cute panties or whatever bc he knows she'd be so embarrassed if she found out she'd been walking around like that with no ne to tell her :( BUTTTTT IM SO OBSESSED W HIM ASKING HER TO TWIRL FOR HIM SO HE CAN SEE THE WHOLE THING:((((((( and giving a pat to her butt bc ofc he does:( and her being all giggly when she realizes he pulled her skirt down some so more of her tummy is showing with her crop top and :(((( but oh my god nothing got my brain mushier than him teasing her a little for her short skirt and not bringing a jacket with them bc even if she doesn't wear it she could sit on it so the leather doesn't bother her but her on his lap and hes "you should listen to me more dont you think? I reckon I know more than you" and its nothing more than a little tease bc hes not trying to put her down or anything theres just that you know...Knowledge that hes older and knows a bit better than she does and im literally going to lose my mind honestly

[lots-o-stuff]

hiya babes :) can i make a request for daichi and his s/o?? so they’re teasing him a practice and he’s had about enough which results in him throwing them over his shoulder and they’re like “oh my put me down blah blah” and he just laughs and slaps their ass, says something a lil nsfw and his s/o is just like 😳😳 and the team is just watching like 👀👁👁 LMAOOOO I DONT KNOW IF THAT MADE SENSE BUT I LOVE YOUR WRITING BTWWW :) thank you 🥺❤️

This was sooo much fun to write especially when I had to come up with how the team reacted but I hope you enjoyed this!!! Also please send through requests I will do almost anything and if your not sure check my rules here!

You don’t know what came over you when you decided to annoy and tease Daichi, honestly you were just full of energy today and wanted attention, of course though he just HADDD to have practice today. Today wasn’t a serious practice, no upcoming games or practice matches so you knew you could get away with most things, but Daichi was in a bad mood, the chaotic second year duo had been bugging him all day. Lucky you however they were just finishing up now.

"Daiiiiiichhiiiiii, Daichi Daichi Daichiiii"

The glare he gave you was intense;

"What do you want y/n?"

"Jeez no need to be so mad… I just wanted to know when practice will finish"

He sighs at you, "in a minute ok?"

You look at him whilst he gives you a hard stare, warning you not to play around.

"Thats too longgggg"

"Just. Wait."

You sit on the bench off to the side, arms crossed and pouting. They quickly finish up the practice everyone wanting to go home (except the crazy first year duo) and go too change. You wait outside for Daichi, as patiently as you can… which isn’t very patient. When you finally see you handsome boyfriend, he is talking with the other third years about a new attack. You run over to him and start poking his arm to get his attention, he promptly ignores you and tries to finish his conversation, so you ramp up the level you wrap your hand around in arm and start slightly pulling him. He immediately stops mid sentences, apologies to Suga and Asahi whilst excusing himself, then turns to you.

"Thats it."

"Wait Daichi what do you me-" you cut yourself with a squeak as Daichi picks you up and throws you over his shoulder and starts to walk away. Giggling you softly slap his back,

"Daichi! you oaf put me downnnn"

Your playful whining is interrupted by a slap-

TOO YOUR ASS!

"DAICHI!!! WHAT THE HELL?!?"

"That’ll teach you not too annoy me brat"

The look of shock that covered your face caused the team to burst out in laughter, It was right then that the both of you realised that the team had seen and heard everything.

I hope you enjoyed!!!

[timdrakegeocities]

man shut up this is so dramatic... i mean hans/elsa has always been weird mega-straight bullshit and i dont like Wife hans bc hes. ugly and yes he was mean to me. but i do feel attached to him :( and its a bit much to call him a Monster like he was just... in the same sort of situation as anna and turned out ~bad~ instead... bc he was like proactive and scheming for how to fix his life instead of being pouty like me... i dont want to like identify as a Hans Apologist i think thats corny but i think its literally normal that some people wanna wave away the (literally really badly written and tbh only existing for trashy meta smugness reasons) Twist and just appreciate that him and anna are similar... its not Abusive... calm downnnn im the kinnie here i make the rules

[rubendiass]

Jadaaaaaa bby today is your special dayyyy 💕❤😍♥💖💗💓

cant believe you turn 50 years old already 🤧😭 like slow downnnn granny 👵🏽

Your’e my favorite cule MADRIDDIE and RED on this hell site and i surely couldn’t ask for a better clown to be by my sideee 🤡

i look forward to our talks all the time and i can always count on you to make me either be weakkk with laughter or shake my head in disappointment THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN 😂😂😂 You always disrespect my nuts and even though all of them are 100% VALID you still find a way to bring them down and IDK WHY I HAVEN’T BLOCKED YOU YET 😂😂 but doh worry its coming soon⏳

Your nuts are veryyyy questionable too and yuh know i gonna expose some of them in this post lmfao so justt waittt 😉

going in to your 50th year of life i just wanna let you know that i’ll never everrrr stop trying to convert you to the madriddie life ⚪⚪⚪ and dont even get me started on my ynwa agenda 🔴🔴🔴 lmfaooo.

i love how you’re always tryna encourage me to do school work when all i wanna do is watch friends (AND I PRAY THAT AS YOU GET OLDER YOU STOP HATING THE BEST TV SHOW OF ALL TIME) 😭😭😂

On ah realz though thanks for putting up with my shit and thanks for being an amazing friends, i hope one day we can finally meet up and boy that will be one of the best days ever 😭😭💗 SO HAPPY BDAY JJ ILYSM AND I HOPE YOU PASS YOUR EXAMS AND ALSO SEND ME AH PIECE AH CAKE LMAO

BEFORE I GO PLEASE ENJOY THESE GIFS OF YOUR MADRIDDIE NUTS DADDY SESE AND DADDY ISCOOO (sorry not sorry 😂)

You're the sese to my isco 💕💕💕

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First of all FATII I SO SORRY THIS REPLY SO LATE but yk how my day went and why it so late 😭 okies so lemme get to it

Three years fatii THREE YEARS i go hear bout you and old granny soon dw 😩😂

You will never give up this agenda to change me into a madriddie will you sighhh lucky i love you inno but really doh even tryyyy that liverfool one 🥴🥴🥴🥴 i can really see us in old age and you still tryna convert me into a blanco 😩😂

I’ll always keep on encouraging you that’s what I’m here for we both gotta succeed and you’ve got great potential 🥺 i also love harrassing you sm ahah there really is no in between with us. But sis friends will always ne shit cyah change my mind bout dah 😩

THIS IS WAR YOU’VE STARTED BTW WARRRR now self i gonna disrespect your nuts 😭😭😭 boutt you could never block me you’ll miss me too much 😝😝😘

BUT BACK TO THE NUTS you be bringing back some dark dark times of who i used to nut to i willll get you back for this dw man dwwwwww hmph ramos and he horse face 😩

anywho’s THANK YOU SM FATII FOR THIS AMAZING YET SUSPECT POST ASKSJAJAKAK i know how much effort you put into it and i really appreciate it and bettt we shall meet up sometime soon i really need to learn to drive down on your side 😢 i love you sooooo much 💘💖💓💕💕💓💖💕💘💘💖💓💕💖💘💓💕💖💘

[sumflora]

some life updates

im job searching and its awful i am trying to not spiral into a depression but i think i might just go back to urban for the time being and save up some money and do things that make me happy and then try internships and shit…..

i tried weed for the first time but nothing really happened idk… i also drank so it was hard to tell… but i didnt get anxious so that was a win. id have to try something stronger next but i qas really googling HIGH WEED TOLERANCE at 4 am

i do so little things that make me happy. i think social media is a curse. tiktok is a curse. youtube is a curse. so much unfulfilling disposable junk content is out there and its so easy to funnel it into your brain and do nothing… i need to break the cycle

im actually broke rn cuz i have no paycheck. i forgot to say i got hired at sharetea but its way more work rhan i expected and its legit sub minimum wage so um…. im likely gonna quit soon. maybe after next week. i do feel bad about it bc theyre training me but like… i cant feel too bad cuz theyre paying dirt.. and its not personal. ive actually never quit a job before so this will be my first time. ive only soft quit (said i was going onna break and never came badk LOL) and then quit cuz of school and whatnot. i dont know why this bullet point turned into a 1

i am thinking too got damn mucu about what kinda job id want and the job market and capitalism and it feels so bleak like wdym i have to do this indefinitely now…?????????? and i still dont really know what role i want and my skills are sort of.. jack of all trades master of none. like i can do this and that and i have an eye for things but i have no connections and no official experience or portfolio. its very JUST TRUST ME… or can i send in my little tumblr creations idk. evrything i have is what ive made for fun. which is not job market friendly. i think i will make a portfolio but… i feel like its not enough… the statement “its not what you know but who you know” is GETTING ME DOWNNNN how am i supposed to do this. fuck